LizardQueen8
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Allow me to introduce myself - musical theater nerd, book nerd and of COURSE, Disney nerd! My name is MJ, happily single and childless and living in Chicago (I was engaged for 5 years once...but that's another story and let's just say that not marrying him was so the right thing). I have a small but amazing circle of friends, literally all of whom are fellow theater people, and many of whom share my Disney love (obsession). They do not judge me for my eight pair of mouse ears or my Mickey Mouse tattoo. AND WHY SHOULD THEY?? 
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OUR STORY BEGINS
I cannot remember a time when I did not love Disney. Disney movies were always my favorite, and I especially loved all Disney cats. I was never a princess girl, although I did grow up before the princess craze began. My first trip to the World was when I was four. Despite being completely traumatized by the evil hag in the Snow White ride, and an incident where my parents managed to lose our rental car in the 90 degree heat, I also got to meet Mickey Mouse and was HOOKED. The next trip to WDW was when I was seven, followed by trips to Disneyland at ages nine and twelve. My high school choir went to WDW to perform my senior year in high school (and oh, that trip was epic - I'd post pictures if I had any AND HOW I WISH I HAD SOME), followed a couple months later by my first sans-parental trip with a friend as my high school graduation present. Then there was a trip to WDW in college with my boyfriend, and another trip with a friend a few months after graduating college, and then.....
NOTHING FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
That wasn't planned, of course. But life and jobs and a lack of traveling companions got in the way. My Disney love never disappeared, but it definitely receded into the background.
Then my ex-fiance had a cousin get married in Orange County. NATURALLY since we were so close, I lobbied for a side trip to Disneyland. And it was the BEST. DAY. EVER!!!
Also it paved the way for the renewal of my Disney love
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We took a lovely trip to WDW about three years later. The plan at that time was to make a pilgrimage every two years. But right around the time we should have been making that next trip, we broke up instead (once again, a good thing). So instead, I had the SERIOUSLY INCREDIBLE idea to plan a milestone birthday trip to the World with three of my closest friends. That happened, and was one of the best vacations I've had in my entire life. And the obsession was OFFICIALLY BACK, and was followed almost exactly a year later by a trip to Disneyland for the half-marathon (I didn't run; I just tagged along).
THE TEN YEAR PLAN
Post last year's trip, my main Disney partner in crime, (the crazy half marathon runner and one of my birthday companions and who I shall call K) and I worked up a TOTALLY WORKABLE PLAN to visit all the Disney parks plus Aulani over the course of approximately a decade. Seriously, we made up a cool chart and everything. This fall was supposed to be Disneyland Paris. But, once again, life got in the way, and we had to put that off. It was fine; things happen.
AND THEN. AND THEN CAME THE DCL STAR WARS DAY AT SEA ANNOUNCEMENT
K is a Star Wars fan. Like, a crazy Star Wars fan. Like, SO INTO STAR WARS. So when DCL announced the Star Wars Day at Sea, I of course had to tell her, just so she'd be jealous or something. I was not prepared for her to send me a text message that basically said, "WE ARE DOING THIS I DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS." About five days later we had booked a cruise for January 2016. That threw the ten year plan into even further disarray but we didn't care because DISNEY CRUISE!!!!! And then K decided to book the Avengers Half-Marathon weekend. And then I decided to tag along. AND THEN I decided it would be a fabulous idea to sign up for the 5K myself. I've never run a 5K in my life. BUT I AM NOW.
THEN THE PART WHERE TWO DISNEY TRIPS PLANNED WAS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH
So it's been kind of a rough 12 months for me. Nothing major, but lots and lots of little and medium things piling up and piling up and piling up. To be honest, I've gotten pretty depressed. And the only thing that has really made me feel better about my life is planning my Disney adventures. K wanted me to join them for the WDW marathon weekend in January, but it's too close to the cruise for me - I'm pretty sure my cat will destroy my house if I'm gone that much in such a short period of time. But I'd love to go back to WDW, especially since I haven't been back now since the advent of FP+. So....I'm depressed and planning Disney trips distract me.
BRILLIANT IDEA - PLAN A SOLO TRIP FOR NEXT SPRING.
So. Here I am. Planning a solo trip for next spring.
Join me in my adventures!
.OUR STORY BEGINS
I cannot remember a time when I did not love Disney. Disney movies were always my favorite, and I especially loved all Disney cats. I was never a princess girl, although I did grow up before the princess craze began. My first trip to the World was when I was four. Despite being completely traumatized by the evil hag in the Snow White ride, and an incident where my parents managed to lose our rental car in the 90 degree heat, I also got to meet Mickey Mouse and was HOOKED. The next trip to WDW was when I was seven, followed by trips to Disneyland at ages nine and twelve. My high school choir went to WDW to perform my senior year in high school (and oh, that trip was epic - I'd post pictures if I had any AND HOW I WISH I HAD SOME), followed a couple months later by my first sans-parental trip with a friend as my high school graduation present. Then there was a trip to WDW in college with my boyfriend, and another trip with a friend a few months after graduating college, and then.....
NOTHING FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
That wasn't planned, of course. But life and jobs and a lack of traveling companions got in the way. My Disney love never disappeared, but it definitely receded into the background.
Then my ex-fiance had a cousin get married in Orange County. NATURALLY since we were so close, I lobbied for a side trip to Disneyland. And it was the BEST. DAY. EVER!!!
Also it paved the way for the renewal of my Disney love
.We took a lovely trip to WDW about three years later. The plan at that time was to make a pilgrimage every two years. But right around the time we should have been making that next trip, we broke up instead (once again, a good thing). So instead, I had the SERIOUSLY INCREDIBLE idea to plan a milestone birthday trip to the World with three of my closest friends. That happened, and was one of the best vacations I've had in my entire life. And the obsession was OFFICIALLY BACK, and was followed almost exactly a year later by a trip to Disneyland for the half-marathon (I didn't run; I just tagged along).
THE TEN YEAR PLAN
Post last year's trip, my main Disney partner in crime, (the crazy half marathon runner and one of my birthday companions and who I shall call K) and I worked up a TOTALLY WORKABLE PLAN to visit all the Disney parks plus Aulani over the course of approximately a decade. Seriously, we made up a cool chart and everything. This fall was supposed to be Disneyland Paris. But, once again, life got in the way, and we had to put that off. It was fine; things happen.
AND THEN. AND THEN CAME THE DCL STAR WARS DAY AT SEA ANNOUNCEMENT
K is a Star Wars fan. Like, a crazy Star Wars fan. Like, SO INTO STAR WARS. So when DCL announced the Star Wars Day at Sea, I of course had to tell her, just so she'd be jealous or something. I was not prepared for her to send me a text message that basically said, "WE ARE DOING THIS I DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS." About five days later we had booked a cruise for January 2016. That threw the ten year plan into even further disarray but we didn't care because DISNEY CRUISE!!!!! And then K decided to book the Avengers Half-Marathon weekend. And then I decided to tag along. AND THEN I decided it would be a fabulous idea to sign up for the 5K myself. I've never run a 5K in my life. BUT I AM NOW.
THEN THE PART WHERE TWO DISNEY TRIPS PLANNED WAS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH
So it's been kind of a rough 12 months for me. Nothing major, but lots and lots of little and medium things piling up and piling up and piling up. To be honest, I've gotten pretty depressed. And the only thing that has really made me feel better about my life is planning my Disney adventures. K wanted me to join them for the WDW marathon weekend in January, but it's too close to the cruise for me - I'm pretty sure my cat will destroy my house if I'm gone that much in such a short period of time. But I'd love to go back to WDW, especially since I haven't been back now since the advent of FP+. So....I'm depressed and planning Disney trips distract me.
BRILLIANT IDEA - PLAN A SOLO TRIP FOR NEXT SPRING.
So. Here I am. Planning a solo trip for next spring.
Join me in my adventures!
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Oh how I understand this. Coming out of a bout of depression currently myself. Do you want to talk about the stuff going on? 
and a food court with a lot of tasty sounding veggie options! 
K thinks I should pick red, because I have this Sorcerer Mickey carabiner I put on my purse for an umbrella (or just for decoration), and red would match. But I JUST DON'T KNOW 
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perfectly sane and logical thing to do!
